Cao Cao was overjoyed when he heard this, not to mention three strategies, he couldn't think of any of them himself!

"Come on! I'm listening! ”

Guo Jia took a sip of tea, and then said: "Connect Yuan Shu and Zhuang Shaoyou for a decisive battle!" As long as you can seize the opportunity, win a small victory or hold each other, you can establish prestige and invite heroes all over the world to discuss Zhuang Shaoyou! Here's the best way to go! ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he was a little moved, but when he thought of fighting Zhuang Shaoyou, and the number of troops was not as large as him, he suddenly lost confidence. At the same time, he secretly hated that he was too late to raise troops and delayed the opportunity, if there are 100,000 elites under his command now, then combined with Yuan Shu Liu Biao, Cao Cao has the confidence to fight with Zhuang Shaoyou. But for now, forget it!

Guo Jia saw Cao Cao's expression change, and quickly calmed down, so he went on to speak: "Shrink your forces, retreat to Luoyang, divide the division and defend it, connect with Yuan Shao in Hebei, and fight Zhuang Shaoyou together!" Luoyang is a place of four stops, the terrain is dangerous, there are many famous families, as long as the lord can straighten out the relationship, there is definitely a fight! This is the best way to go! ”

Cao Cao quickly thought for a long time, and found that the middle strategy was really much better than the next strategy to go to war directly, and it was also a good idea to divide Luoyang, but the population in Sili was sparse, the land was barren, there was not enough output, and no matter how long the accumulation was, it was like that, and there was no possibility of winning the world at all.

"Fengxiao, let's hurry up and talk about the best strategy!"

Guo Jia smiled slightly, but soon his face turned grim, and his eyes were shining: "Go west out of Wuguan and raid Chang'an!" occupy Guanzhong and Luoyang, hold on to the danger, and divide and envelop the Longxi Iron Cavalry for the main public use; Waiting for the opportunity to go to Hanzhong, seize Yizhou, divide the world into two, and fight against Zhuang Shaoyou! ”

There are two roads from the Central Plains to Chang'an Jingzhao, the north line is from Luoyang to the west, through Tongguan Tianxian, and arrives at Guanzhong; The southern line goes west from Nanyang, exits Wuguan and enters Guanzhong. The northern line of Tongguan is dangerous and basically impossible to overcome, while the southern line is barely passable for the army although it is mountainous along the way.

For Guo Jia's best policy, Cao Cao was thrilled when he heard it, compared to separating Luoyang, going to Chang'an is obviously more developed, especially the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, as long as it can be recovered, it will become a big killer in the Central Plains of Dingding! Moreover, Yizhou Mu Liu Yan is very old, and it is estimated that he will not have a few years to live. His son Liu Zhang, when Cao Cao was in Luoyang, also traveled with him, he was very cowardly, and he was simply a waste of firewood! As long as Liu Yan dies, Cao Cao, who has unified Guanzhong, will definitely have a chance to take Yizhou. As for Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, it is just a small prince in a place, so there is no need to worry! If even Zhang Lu can't figure it out, what face does Cao Cao have to win the Central Plains?

Moreover, the sailors under Zhuang Shaoyou's command basically have no use of force in the western region, which is equivalent to cutting off Zhuang Shaoyou's arm!

After thinking carefully about the power, Cao Cao immediately made a decision: "Fengxiao is really my son's room!" ”

Cao Cao adopted Guo Jia's strategy and immediately began to move, and the 20,000 men and horses of Chen's remaining garrison abandoned Chen Liu, retreated westward to Luoyang, and stationed heavy troops in the Tianwei Tun of Bishui Pass, and at the same time strengthened the vigilance in Mengjin to guard against the surprise attack of Zhuang Shao's sailors.

The army stationed in Yingchuan immediately shrank and retreated to Xiangcheng, a key place in the southwest of Yingchuan, with a posture of holding on to the danger.

Cao Cao suddenly put on such a posture, which made Zhuang Shaoyou very puzzled, Liu Biao was very puzzled, Yuan Shu was very angry, and immediately sent a letter to Cao Cao, severely reprimanding Cao Cao's cowardly behavior, and calling it a betrayal! But Cao Cao ignored it and went his own way.

Although he didn't guess Cao Cao's intentions, it was obvious that he gave up Yuan Shu, so Zhuang Shaoyou immediately made a decision and immediately ordered the whole army to attack Huainan and annihilate Yuan Shu in one fell swoop!

On the eighth day of the fifth month, a division of Moyu and eight five-masted warships entered Huaishui, passed through Xuzhou, and cut off the connection between Yicheng, an important town in Huaibei, and Shouchun, while Lejin led the first army to besiege Yicheng.

The 20,000 defenders of the city, after a symbolic resistance, surrendered the city.

The First Army crossed the Huaishui River and besieged Xiquyang. Xiquyang and Shouchun are dependent on each other, and there are 20,000 defenders in the city, which are guarded by Ji Ling, a close general of Yuan Shu, and the garrison is very tight.

After receiving Ji Ling's letter for help, Yuan Shu hesitated again and again, but still sent 20,000 horses to reinforcements, Huang Zhong led 20,000 horses to meet the reinforcements, and after two hours, Yuan Shu's reinforcements were defeated and fled, Huang Zhong took advantage of the situation to chase and kill thirty miles, beheading six thousand! The remnants retreated to Shouchun.

Yuan Shu no longer dared to send reinforcements, and Ji Ling waited for reinforcements in Xiquyang, although the offensive momentum was not fierce, but it continued, crossbows, bed crossbows, fire crossbows, and stone throwing bombarded repeatedly, and the defenders in the city were miserable.

On the tenth day of the siege of the city, Ji Ling hoped that the defenders were hopeless, and his soldiers were exhausted and had no will to fight, so in desperation, he opened the door and surrendered.

Yuan Shu was furious when he heard the news, and beheaded all the old and young people in Ji Ling's family in Shouchun City. Everyone in Shouchun City is in danger, Yuan Shu's move is obviously unpopular, causing the dissatisfaction of the generals in Shouchun, Ji Ling guarded the city for ten days, and did not expect reinforcements to surrender out of the city, but also tried his best, such a person is rare under Yuan Shu, and Yuan Shu was punished as a traitor, killing his whole family, which will naturally chill everyone's hearts.

After taking Xiquyang, Le Jin did not rush to attack Shouchun, but rested in Xiquyang for three days.

On May 20, Tai Shi Ci pacified Runan, returned to the east, entered the territory of Huainan, raided Yangquan, the western barrier of Shouchun overnight, the defenders in the city were caught off guard, and were attacked by the Tai Shi Ci cavalry at night at the city gate, the south of the city was opened, and the iron cavalry entered the city, and overnight, more than 10,000 defenders in the city were annihilated.

On May 21, Tai Shi Ci's 25,000 iron cavalry arrived in the west of Shouchun City, and on the same day, Le Jin led his troops to the east of Shouchun City.

Shouchun City is three miles long from east to west, three miles wide from north to south, the city is not big, but the terrain is very dangerous, the north is according to the North Mountain, the east and west rivers and lakes surround, the moat under the city is both wide and deep, and the city is high and the wall is wide, 50,000 troops are stationed in the city, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Beishan north of Shouchun, a radius of more than 20 miles, the terrain in the mountains is complex, Yuan Shu sent the same clan from the younger brother Yuan Yin to lead 10,000 horses to be stationed in the mountains, and Shouchun City is each other's horns.

The newly attached general Ji Ling hated Yuan Shu to the core, and took the initiative to ask Ying, hoping to lead the vanguard to attack the city! Le Jin refused, but only dispatched troops to surround Shouchun City on three sides, leaving only the north to connect to Beishan. Tai Shici's cavalry was divided into several units and began to sweep through the entire Huainan and wipe out all Yuan Shu's forces.

After Lejin consulted with the military advisor Xun You, he decided to adopt a long-term siege strategy.

Shouchun city is small and strong, the wall is four zhang and two feet high, the moat under the city goes around the city, the width is more than five zhang, the depth is up to one zhang, it is difficult to fill in. In the face of such a fortified city, a long-term siege is indeed the most correct strategy.

That night, Yuan Yin in the North Mountain sent troops down the mountain to attack and disturb the camp of Le Jin, Le Jin had already been on guard against this, and quickly launched a counterattack, killing Yuan Yin's strange soldiers and returning defeated.

On May 24, the fourth day of the siege of the city, a group of 5,000 Xuzhou soldiers joined the siege army, and everyone in the city was worried.

On May 27, another group of Xuzhou soldiers, totaling 5,000 men, joined the besieging army, and the hearts of the people in the city fluctuated.

On the first day of the first month of June, Tai Shici had completely eliminated the stubborn forces in Huainan, and on the same day, Zhuang Shaoyou and Chen Qi led 10,000 Xuzhou men and horses to Shouchun.

There was no fighting spirit in Shouchun City, but Zhuang Shaoyou still did not order the siege of the city.

On the fifth day of the sixth month, late at night.

Ji Ling led 5,000 elite soldiers into the North Mountain, led by Ji Ling, a local who was familiar with the way, and the Yuan Yin army, which was not well guarded enough, was about to collapse at the touch of a button, and the Taishi Ci Iron Cavalry quickly surrounded the North Mountain, and all the routs who fled down the mountain were killed.

After a night of fierce fighting, Yuan Yin's less than 10,000 men and horses were all wiped out, and Yuan Yin himself was captured.

The next day, Yuan Yin and hundreds of his cronies were escorted to Shouchun City, and Ji Ling personally handled the knife, killing them cleanly, and temporarily let out a bad breath.

Everyone in the city was in danger, and the air of fear was pervasive in Shouchun City, Yuan Shu sent his cronies to martial law in the city, purge military discipline, and after killing hundreds of heckling elements, Shouchun City barely calmed down.

Subsequently, Zhuang Shaoyou sent 10,000 horses to the southern foot of Beishan, and under the command of the Mo family craftsmen, they began to cut wood and build catapults.

On the ninth day of the first month of June, the catapult was made, and 50 giant simple catapults stood on various hills at the southern foot of Beishan Mountain, and began to bombard Shouchun City wildly, day and night.

After a day and night of sling, the fire bolt battalion fired at the city in three directions, but this time instead of killing and wounding the enemy, they distributed leaflets!

Requirements: The defenders in the city will go out of the city and surrender within a day, and after the time has passed, they will not accept the surrender, and there will be no mercy after the city is broken!

Reward Yuan Shu's first level, 50 million in money!

The various generals under Yuan Shu's command have bounties ranging from a few million to twenty million!

And, live or die!

The city was in chaos, and Yuan Shu sent his guards to suppress it bloodily, killing thousands of people and finally calming the morale of the army.

That night, Yuan Shu's army suddenly bombed the camp, and the soldiers under high pressure were physically and mentally exhausted, and under Zhuang Shaoyou's deterrence and Yuan Shu's bloody suppression, they were extremely frightened.

A husband calls at night, and the chaos responds!

Yuan Shu was awakened in his sleep, thinking that someone under his command had rebelled, and immediately sent his guards to suppress it, but the guards were gone.

The bombing of the camp had a chain reaction, and all the four large camps in Shouchun City rioted, and everyone had red eyes and delirium, and they killed people when they saw them.

Zhuang Shaoyou heard the shouts and killings in the city, and the fires everywhere, thinking that there was a large-scale rebellion in the city, he immediately made a decision, dispatched troops, and immediately attacked the city!

In less than half an hour, Zhuang Shaoyou took down all the four walls of Shouchun, and did not encounter decent resistance at all.

After climbing to the top of the city, Zhuang Shaoyou looked around, only to see a fire in Shouchun City, and there were scenes of soldiers fighting everywhere, like a hell on earth.

Zhuang Shaoyou hesitated, but still ordered the whole army to guard the city wall and the four city gates, and when they were done eating dogs, they would go down to clean up the mess.

It's good now, those crazy soldiers kill people everywhere, they don't stop at all, and some of them rush to the city gate without long eyes, provoking the defenders, and they are killed by random arrows, without mercy!

The battle continued until the dusk of the next day, and the Yuan Shujun, who had been fighting for a day and a night, could no longer bear it, and calmed down one by one, collapsed to the ground, and fell asleep with exhaustion. The city of Shouchun was crimson, even some blackened, with stumps and broken bodies everywhere, and all kinds of weapons and armor were thrown everywhere.

Zhuang Shaoyoujun began to clean up the mess, and these sleeping remnants were tied up and gathered in one place, and after a period of panic, they actually snored again.

In the mansion of the lord of Shouchun City, Yuan Shu led three thousand guards to hide in it.

Zhuang Shaoyou led the army to kill Yuan Shu's mansion, transferred a few fire oil bombs, and blew the gate open, the defenders in the mansion were in a panic, but still swore to resist, Zhuang Shaoyou transferred five thousand crossbowmen, climbed on the heights around him, shot at the defenders in the mansion, defeated them, and then led three thousand men and horses into the mansion.

The last in the mansion, Yuan Shu wore a dragon robe, brandished a sword, and killed several of his favorite concubines with his own hands, as well as his five-year-old son, and then Yuan Shu boarded a special dragon chair, carrying a brocade box, like a baby, gently caressing, more carefully than caressing the most beloved woman.

After Zhuang Shaoyou eliminated the defenders in the mansion, he rushed to the back house, but there was a raging fire in front of him, the fire had completely burned, and the air was still filled with the smell of fire oil, and it was obviously too late to put out the fire.

Zhuang Shaoyou had to order to retreat outside the mansion and wait for the fire to go out!